X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from [216.254.141.183] (HELO mail-10.primus.ca) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.4c2) with ESMTP id 4925515 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Mon, 28 Mar 2011 23:47:55 -0400 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=216.254.141.183; envelope-from=cbeazley@innovista.net Received: from cpe0015f275ebd6-cm001947577aea.cpe.net.cable.rogers.com ([99.224.67.201] helo=[192.168.0.101]) by mail-10.primus.ca with esmtpa (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1Q4Pto-0000tz-2O for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Mon, 28 Mar 2011 23:47:21 -0400 Message-ID: <4D916489.6040901@innovista.net> Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2011 23:48:09 -0500 From: cbeazley User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.24 (Windows/20100228) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: flyrotary@lancaironline.net Subject: re; oil pickup tube Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="------------050501040005050803000906" X-Authenticated: cbeazley - cpe0015f275ebd6-cm001947577aea.cpe.net.cable.rogers.com ([192.168.0.101]) [99.224.67.201] This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------050501040005050803000906 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hey Ernest; Looks good, but...there are a few things to consider with this mod from Lynn. Pro: Improved oil flow and cooling Con: Any debris can kill the engine Any (oil pickup) bolt, bearing debris, or general crap poured into the engine can lock up the oil pump. I know of 1 car engine that died after Lynn posted this mod. Cheers Cary > While I had it apart, I modified the oil pickup tube. I pull the > screen off, and cut the welds on it's mount plate with a dremel > cut-off wheel. Then I fluted the end by pushing it up against a ball > hammer and tapping around the the edges with another. The I slid the > plate to the end and tack welded it solid. A little more tapping on > the ball to give the plate some roundness. > > This is what you recommend Lynn? > --------------050501040005050803000906 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hey Ernest;

Looks good, but...there are a few things to consider with this mod from Lynn.
Pro: Improved oil flow and cooling
Con: Any debris can kill the engine

Any (oil pickup) bolt, bearing debris, or general crap poured into the engine can lock up the oil pump.
I know of 1 car engine that died after Lynn posted this mod.
Cheers
Cary

While I had it apart, I modified the oil pickup tube. I pull the screen off, and cut the welds on it's mount plate with a dremel cut-off wheel. Then I fluted the end by pushing it up against a ball hammer and tapping around the the edges with another. The I slid the plate to the end and tack welded it solid. A little more tapping on the ball to give the plate some roundness. This is what you recommend Lynn?

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